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TIL turtles can "breathe" through their butts

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nJeG TIL in 2010 a man named Dan McLaughlin quit his job to diligently train 10,000 hours in hopes of becoming a professional golfer. He’ll be done October 2016.
KrPJ TIL Robert de Niro got a hack taxi license during the filming of Taxi Driver and one of his passengers recognized him and said “I guess it’s tough to find work.”
neyXG TIL that Max Von Sydow provided the voice for 'Vigo the Carpathian', the possessed painting that served as the main antagonist in Ghostbusters II
waeP TIL Lacrosse, as originally played by Native Americans, fielded teams from 100 to 1,000 men, with goals 500 yards to 6 miles apart, with games lasting several days, played sunup to sundown. These games tended to become huge mobs of players swarming the ball and slowly moving it across the field.
8aXPK TIL when Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated the throne in 1918, Einstein wrote in his journal “[Lecture] cancelled due to revolution."